§ 402. Special provisions with respect to the New York City Housing\nAuthority. 1. It is hereby found and declared, as a result of\ninvestigation and study, that enactment of the provisions hereinafter\nset forth is necessary for reorganization of the authority to enable it\nto (a) institute improved management procedures; (b) bring about more\nefficient methods of maintenance and supervision of projects; (c) foster\nprompt and sound solution of problems relating to occupancy of projects;\n(d) undertake administration of personnel in consonance with the size\nand scope of the authority's functions. It is further found and declared\nthat private enterprise should be encouraged to the greatest extent\npossible to enter the field of housing in which the authority now\noperates so that the authority may be able to concentrate its activities\nat the earliest possible moment on providing housing exclusively for the\nlower income families.\n 2. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in this\nchapter, or any general, special or local law, the provisions of this\nsection shall govern the number, appointment, removal and compensation\nof the members of the New York City Housing Authority.\n 3. The authority shall consist of seven members appointed by the\nmayor, one of whom shall be designated by the mayor as chairman\nremovable at his or her pleasure. The term of office of each member\nother than the chairman shall be three years, provided, however, that\nthe initial appointments of the six members other than the chairman\nshall be as follows: two shall be appointed for one-year terms, two\nshall be appointed for two-year terms, and two shall be appointed for\nthree-year terms. The mayor shall file with the commissioner of housing\na certificate of appointment of the chairman and of each member. Any\nmember other than the chairman may be removed by the mayor upon filing\nin the office of the commissioner of citywide administrative services\nand serving upon the member the reasons therefor. Such document setting\nforth the reasons shall be made available to the general public, which\nshall include but not be limited to publishing the reasons on the New\nYork city housing authority's website. Three of such members shall be a\ntenant of record or an authorized member of the tenant household, in\ngood standing, residing in one of the federal projects owned or operated\nby the authority, provided, however, that for the initial appointments\nof the three such members, one shall be among the members initially\nappointed for one-year terms, one shall be among the members initially\nappointed for two-year terms, and one shall be among the members\ninitially appointed for three-year terms. A vacancy in the office of a\nmember other than the chairman occurring otherwise than by expiration of\nterm shall be filled for the unexpired term. Further, any vacancy in the\noffice of a tenant member shall only be filled by the appointment of an\neligible tenant member, and such appointment shall be made within ninety\ndays of such vacancy.\n 4. The chairman shall give his or her whole time to his or her duties\nand shall not engage in any other occupation, profession or employment.\nThe chairman shall receive a salary the amount of which shall be fixed\nby local law. The other members of the authority shall receive a stipend\nin the amount of two hundred fifty dollars for every four hours of work\nperformed for the authority, not to exceed one thousand five hundred\ndollars per month.\n 5. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in this\nchapter, or any general, special or local law, the New York city housing\nauthority shall have the power in its discretion to provide and maintain\na housing police department and a uniformed housing police force. Such\ndepartment and force shall have the power and it shall be their duty, in\nand about housing facilities, to preserve the public peace, prevent\ncrime, detect and arres
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